Unhappy with Sabadell.

Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 7:36pm

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Hi, we have a holiday home in Lliber and are not happy with Sabadell bank, does anyone know if I open and Irish bank account can I pay my Spanish utility bills from the Irish account?

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:14pm

Kimmy11

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:14pm

Hi Mark,

If your Irish bank account has an EU IBAN (International Bank Account Number), it shouldn't be a problem to transfer your direct debits from Sabadell to your Irish bank, or to pay bills from that account. However, Spanish IBANs contain 24 characters, whereas Republic of Ireland IBANs have 22 characters (starting with the country code identifier of IE), so it would be best to check with your Irish bank if that's a problem or can it be solved by, for example, adding a couple of zeros at the end.

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Kim

Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:30pm

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:30pm

Mark H wrote on Wed Aug 3, 2022 7:36pm:
Hi, we have a holiday home in Lliber and are not happy with Sabadell bank, does anyone know if I open and Irish bank account can I pay my Spanish utility bills from the Irish account?

Hi Mark H

Open an accout with Wise its an online account, you can setup all your DD's with them as its a Belgium IBAN this is the most cost effective way and close your Sabadell account saves you 45 euros a quarter.

Regards

Andrew

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:44pm

Mark H

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:44pm

Kimmy11 wrote on Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:14pm:
Hi Mark,
If your Irish bank account has an EU IBAN (International Bank Account Number), it shouldn't be a problem to transfer your direct debits from Sabadell to your Irish bank, or to pay bills from that account. However, Spanish IBANs contain 24 characters, whereas Republic of Ireland IBANs have 2...

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...2 characters (starting with the country code identifier of IE), so it would be best to check with your Irish bank if that's a problem or can it be solved by, for example, adding a couple of zeros at the end.
Kind regards,
Kim

Thanks Kim, for taking the trouble to reply, I’ll look into it.

Thanks again

Mark

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:45pm

Mark H

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Posted: Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:45pm

Aspen1992 wrote on Wed Aug 3, 2022 9:30pm:
Hi Mark H
Open an accout with Wise its an online account, you can setup all your DD's with them as its a Belgium IBAN this is the most cost effective way and close your Sabadell account saves you 45 euros a quarter.

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Regards
Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I’ll give Wise a look.

Thanks again

Mark